Table 2.
Background characteristics of informal carers in both the experimental and control groups who completed the semistructured interviews after the 4-week intervention.
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| Sex: female, n (%) | 21 (75) | 20 (74) | 0.0b (1) | —c | — | — | .99 | ||||||
| Age (y), mean (SD; range) | 57.04 (9.03; 31-74) | 60.74 (11.4; 27-84) | — | −1.341 (53) | — | — | .39 | ||||||
| Education, n (%) | — | — | 317.5 | −1.108 | .22 | ||||||||
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Elementary | 0 (0) | 2 (7) |
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Lower secondary education | 17 (61) | 9 (33) |
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Higher secondary education | 3 (11) | 4 (15) |
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University | 8 (29) | 12 (44) |
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Missing | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
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| Relationship to resident, n (%) | 1.6 (3) | — | — | — | .65 | ||||||||
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Husband, wife, or partner | 4 (14) | 6 (22) |
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Son or daughter | 3 (11) | 4 (15) |
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Daughter-in-law or son-in-law | 18 (64) | 16 (59) |
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Other | 3 (11) | 1 (4) |
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| Paid work: yes, n (%) | 21 (75) | 15 (56) | 1.5a (1) | — | — | — | .22 | ||||||
aSignificance level set at P<.05.
bChi-square test with Yates continuity correction.
cNot applicable.